The Mom About Town

It's been awhile since I have blogged. Not sure why I haven't cuz it's not because I've been too busy. Oh well on with my saga. Yesterday I actually got out and drove by myself to an A.A. meeting and to the post office and to the store. I did have to make a couple of calls home to get my bearings again but all in all I did pretty well. The meeting was good and I collected my 11 year chip. Eleven years of sobriety...wow! It has really gone by pretty fast when I look back. There were some shaky times in the 11 years but thankfully I had my sponsor or a close friend to bring me back to what's really important. That and the fact that alcohol would not only not help the situation but it would also make the situation worse. For the most part these days I don't even think about a drink which is good. Yesterday was my son's birthday. It was a nice day. Sadie baked a homemade cake and we had ice cream to go with it. Sometimes I feel so old. Like when one of my kids has another birthday....lol I've really been praying for my other son and his fiancee'. She lost her job due to her illness and he had been spending the time being Mr. Dad. He is has been pounding the pavement looking for work and it looks like he may have been successful. He will be laying pipe (very difficult labor). Hopefully he is able to do it because he has his own health problems. I know they have been through some really difficult times to put it mildly. His fiancee' still hasn't been able to get anything done for her health problems which has lead to some pretty bad depression. I know things are going to start getting better for them, I just wish it would start NOW! Anyway things are going pretty good. I have a drs. appt. with my new dr. That is good because then he can refer me to a pain specialist for my back. Things are slowly coming together. They say that moving is one of the top three stresses in life along with death and divorce. I believe it. It just seems to take so long to get acclimated to my new surroundings. Oh well, on with another day.